Buckle



D. F. DALTON; BUCKLE.

Patented Feb. 18; 1894.

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UNITED STATE PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL F. DALTON, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO FRANK W.WHITCHER, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

BUCKLE SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 514,706, datedFebruary 13, 1894.

Application filed April 24, 1893- Serial No. 471,533- (ITomodeL)description, whereby any one skilled in the art can make and use thesame.

My invention relates more particularly to the class of buckles that areadapted for use on shoes or like articles of foot wear, and

the object of my invention. is to provide a buckle of this class thatshall be durable, effective and comparatively simple, and neat inappearance when in use.

To this end my invention consists in the details of the several partsmaking up the buckle as a whole and in the combination of such parts asmore particularly hereinafter described and pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 isa detail top or plan view of thebuckle parts. Fig. 2 is a detail edge view of the buckle parts. Fig. 3is a detail plan view of the buckle showing the parts engaged. Fig. 4 isa detail edge view in longitudinal section .of the buckle showing theparts engaged. y In the accompanying drawings the lettera denotes thetongue plate made preferably of sheet metal cut or stamped to shape withan opening I) making the plate substantiallyan oblong frame, from thefront cross-bar c of which there is a backward and downward projectingtongue 0 left integral with the substance of the plate. On the rearcross bar 01 of the frame there is hinged an attaching loop a unitedwith the bar by wrapping a project-ing part of the loop about the bar01, thus hinging the plate to the loop and adapting the latter to befolded under the frame as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings. The frontedge of the tongue plate is provided with a projection a forming afinger hold that enables the plate to be lifted and disengaged from thecatch-plate. The catch-plate f is formed from sheet metal cut or stampedto shape and usually curved, sockets f being formed by cutting throughthe substance of the plate along its center line. A fastening loop 9 ishinged to one end of the plate and serves as a means of attaching thecatch plate to an article as to the quarter of a shoe or to a strapsecured thereto. The tongueplate a is secured to one quarter of ashoe'by means of a rivet passing through a hole in the loop e and thecatch-plate f is secured to the opposite quarter by means of a rivetpassing through an opening inthe loop g,,the tongue-plate andcatch-plate being by usual means fastened so as to permit of a swingingno movement by reason of the hinge joint between the loops and thetongue-plate and catch plate respectively. The end of the catch-plate isthrust through the opening I) in the tongue-plate to an extentsufficient to close the shoe tightly upon the foot and then on releasingthe pull the tongue 0' slips into and engages in one of the sockets f inthe catch-plate, the buckle in such case being located as shown in Fig.3 of the drawings.

In order to unfasten the buckle the tongueplate is lifted so as todisengage the tongue 0' from the socket f and allow the catch-plate tobe slipped out of the opening in the tongue-plate. Unless the tongue isheld at some distance above the surface of the catch-plate this peculiarshape will cause it to be engaged with the next succeeding socket in thecatch-plate as the parts are moved along each other and this peculiarlocation and operation of the tongueforms one feature of my improvementin the combined parts.

The several parts of the buckle may be made of any desired metal andfinished and ornamented in anydesired color or style.

I claim as my invention In a shoe buckle, in combination, a catch plateprovided with a series of engaging sockets, an attaching loop hinged toone end of the catch plate and adapted to be folded under it, a tongueplate having an opening and a downward and rearward projecting tongueintegral with the frame of the tongue plate, and a finger holeprojecting from the front edge of the tongue plate, and an attachingloop hinged to the edge of the tongue plate and adapted to be foldedunder it, all substantially as described.

DANIEL F. DALTON.

